Saad+Khan-Turner's+Syndrome

= What is Turner Syndrome? = == ﻿Turner syndrome is a disease in which 1 in every 2500 girls is missing a sex chromosome. They can either be missing part or all of the X chromosome. Plus, depending on how many cells in your body are affected with the change in X chromosomes, will vary how serious the symptoms are. This causes one to have medical problems such as the failure to begin puberty, have a child, heart defects, different learning disabilities, swollen feet/hands, webbed and wide neck. Sadly, there is no way to prevent this disorder, but you can still live a normal life if you get regular checkups with your doctor. In addition, although some side affects lead to growth problems, you can still be treated with hormones because the time you are diagnosed with the disease, you are still growing, so it is easily treated. Adding on to the height problem, scientists have also discovered that the SHOX gene- short stature homeobox- is responsible for making most of the protein to develop mature bones. Since one copy of the the SHOX gene is located on each chromosome, and with Turner Syndrome you are missing an X chromosome. As a result the copy is reduced to half, because you only have one X chromosome, which means you end up being short(about 4'7")Girl with syndrome-before and after her operation for webbed neck. == 

= What some other treatments for Turner Syndrome? = = Although there is no cure for this disease, there are still some treatments that can be performed to fix certain affects of this syndrome. Other then the height treatment, scientists have also developed a way for girls to go through puberty and develop physical changes such as breast development and periods. This would be done by an estrogen replacement-steroid hormone-at the age of 12-13 years old. Also, if a women with this syndrome wanted to get pregnant, she coud go through a technique known as vitro fertilization. This means that a donor egg becomes into an embryo-earliest stage of development-then gets placed in the women's womb. After that, if the women gets proper care, she can successfully deliver the baby. = = = = How can you live with this syndrome? = = First of all, even though people with this syndrome have learning disabilities, most of them still attend regular school classes. In addition, most of these students can write well, learn and memorize through hearing, and are good with language skills. Besides learning, Turner Syndrome affects your total physical, and emotions. The good news is that, only it's only a small part that affects you. To add on, to stay healthy, you should play a sport or exercise. This way you stay fit and you won't feel as though the syndrome has a negative impact on you. Also, to keep yourself socially healthy, you should join groups in which other girls have the same syndrome problem, so that you can have things in common. Besides that, a good way to increase your confidence is to do volunteer work to help others, which will indirectly boost your self-esteem. Lastly, a good way to set goals and to record your feelings is to have a diary. This way you can also find any improvement you have made over the course of time. = = = = = = I hope you learned a lot about Turner Syndrome and the affects that it has on people. Therefore, next time you see someone who has it, please be mindful and kind because you never know the pain they are going through. =

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